President
Delores W. Cook called the meeting of the West Virginia Board of Education
(WVBE) to order at 10:12 a.m. on May 15, 2008, in the auditorium of Doddridge
County High School, #1 Bulldog Drive, West Union, West Virginia.

The
following members were present: President Cook, Vice President Priscilla M. Haden, Secretary Ronald B. Spencer, Robert W. Dunlevy, Barbara N. Fish, Burma
Hatfield, Lowell E. Johnson, and Jenny N. Phillips, and ex officio Steven L. Paine, State Superintendent of Schools. Student representative in attendance was
Stephen Stolzenberg of Morgantown who attends Morgantown High School. Members
absent were Gayle C. Manchin, and ex officios Brian E. Noland, Chancellor, West
Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, and James L. Skidmore,
Chancellor, West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education.

II. Welcome

Mrs. Janice Michels, Superintendent of Doddridge
County Schools, welcomed the Board and introduced Doddridge County board
members, principals, county office staff, Doddridge County student council
members and honored guests.

III. Recognitions

The
Board recognized Ms. Mickie Ann Richardson, teacher at Parkersburg South High
School, recipient of a 2007 Presidential Award for Science.

IV. Approval
of Agenda

Upon motion by Dr. Johnson, seconded by Mr. Spencer,
the Board unanimously approved the agenda.

V. Consent
Agenda

Mrs. Fish moved that Consent Agenda item 12.
Policy 4336, West Virginia School Bus Transportation Policy and Procedures
Manual, be removed from the Consent Agenda for further discussion.
Mr. Spencer seconded the motion and it was carried unanimously. Upon motion by Dr. Johnson, seconded by Mr. Dunlevy,
the Board unanimously approved the Consent Agenda as amended. (Copies appended
to Official Minutes, Attachments A through L, Mc and N.)

·Meeting minutes of April 9 and 10,
2008 (Attachment A)

·Budget supplement and transfer
requests for the month of April 2008 as follows: total supplements = $17,963,255
and total transfers = $14,733,512 (Attachment B)

·Amendment to the Kanawha County
Comprehensive Educational Facilities Plan to
include the relocation of two portables
from Sissonville Middle School to Tyler Alternative School and two portables
from Overbrook Elementary School (one each) to Holz Elementary School and
Kanawha City Elementary School (Attachment C)

·Amendment to the Tyler County
Comprehensive Educational Facilities Plan to
include the replacement of exterior doors at Arthur I. Boreman Elementary,
Sistersville Elementary and Tyler Consolidated High/Middle Schools, the
replacement of HVAC units at Arthur I. Boreman Elementary, Sistersville
Elementary and Tyler County Preschool, and the construction of an addition to
Arthur I. Boreman Elementary to include three classrooms with restrooms (Attachment
D)

·Notification, per Senate Bill 227,
W. Va. Code §18A-4-7a, Transfer of Teachers After Five Days Prior to Starting
Instruction, from Preston County Schools (Attachment E)

·Employment of
Substitute Teachers in Areas of Critical Need policy for Wyoming County
Schools (Attachment F)

·An additional 37 county applications
representing summer school at an additional 18 county locations (Attachment G)

·Attendance waiver requests for the
Center for Professional Development's Principals Academy for Robert Archer,
Huntington High School, Robert Brown, Shepherdstown Middle School, and Zachary
E. Shutler, Triadelphia Middle School (Attachment H)

·Policy 2520.16, Alternative Academic Achievement Standards for West
Virginia Schools on public comment for 30 days (Attachment K)

·Policy 2520.19, 21st Century
Advisor/Advisee 9-12 Content Standards and Objectives for West Virginia
Schoolson public comment for 30 days (Attachment L)

·West Virginia Annual Application
Under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) as
Amended in 2004 for Federal Fiscal Year 2008 for submission to the Office of
Special Education Programs, United States Department of Education (Attachment
Mc)

·The accreditation status as listed
in the individual school report for Dunbar
Primary Center and Stonewall Jackson Middle Schooland continued
the Full Approval status of the Kanawha County School System (Attachment N).

Mrs. Fish moved to amend the policy to allow only
medical doctors (MDs) and osteopathic doctors (DOs) to perform physical
examinations. Ms. Hatfield seconded the motion. Ms. Phillips requested
clarification as to whether federal law requires the definition as stated in
the policy and, if so, what impact the Board might expect if the definition is altered.
Following discussion, Mrs. Fish withdrew her motion and Ms. Hatfield withdrew
her second. It was the consensus of the Board that action on this matter is
tabled until additional information can be provided regarding the
qualifications of medical personnel allowed to perform physical examinations. (Copy appended to Official Minutes, Attachment M.)

VII. Reports

Board
Member/Committee Reports. President
Cook, Dr. Johnson, Ms. Haden, and Mrs. Fish (requested the Board set the
October meeting for October 8 and 9 to accommodate planning for a reception
with the West Virginia Commission for Professional Teaching Standards), provided
information regarding their participation in a number of meetings and events.

State
Superintendent’s Report. Superintendent
Paine presented Department personnel
actions for the Board’s information and discussed a number of meeting and
events that have occurred or are planned, provided updates regarding Lincoln, Mingo
and Calhoun Counties, and requested the Board’s support of a pending
legislative request for supplemental funding for additional broadband,
discussed redesigning the evaluation
process for county and school personnel, and incentives for school-wide
achievements/growth models. It was the consensus of the Board that
Superintendent Paine proceed with a study of incentives for school-wide
achievements/growth models. (Copy
appended to Official Minutes, Attachment O.)

President
Cook recognized Mr. Stolzenberg for his service to the Board as the student
representative to the Board during the months of March and May.

President
Cook thanked the Doddridge County School District for making the meeting such a
wonderful success. President Cook requested that members wishing items to be considered
for placement on a future agenda to be provided to her, Superintendent Paine or
Dr. McClanahan as soon as possible.

President
Cook requested an update regarding the Board’s strategic plan to be placed on
the June agenda. Mrs. Fish requested that the Board set the dates for the
October 2008 meeting as soon as possible. (Copy appended to Official Minutes,
Attachment Q.)

X. Future
Meetings

The
next regular meeting of the Board will be held June 4-5, 2008 at the West
Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind in Romney, West Virginia.

XI. Adjournment

Upon
motion by Dr. Johnson, seconded by Ms. Phillips and unanimously carried, the
Board adjourned at 12:02 p.m.